Fishers went toe-to-toe with the No. 2-ranked team in Class 6A Friday night.
The Tigers hung with Brownsburg for almost a full three quarters at Reynolds Tigers Stadium, but the Bulldogs scored consecutive touchdowns in the late third period and early fourth to pull away and get a 27-20 Hoosier Crossroads Conference victory. The win keeps Brownsburg unbeaten at 5-0, while Fishers falls to 1-4.
The Tigers’ Dylan Scally got the first points of the game, as he punched the ball in from the 1-yard line early in the first. The Bulldogs answered with a 1-yard run of their own late in the period.
Collin Statz then stepped up for Fishers, hauling in a 61-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Marcus Roux with 3:42 left in the half. As he did after the Tigers’ first TD, Jack Phillips made the extra point kick. Brownsburg scored a couple minutes later, but missed its extra point attempt, and Fishers went into the locker room ahead 14-13.
Phillips nailed a 26-yard field goal midway through the third to move the Tigers ahead 17-13. But the Bulldogs took the lead on a fumble recovery touchdown, then scored early in the fourth when Donny Marcus ran in from 47 yards. That made the score 27-17; Phillips made a 24-yard field goal with 7:15 left in the fourth, but Fishers would get no closer.
Roux went 10-for-25, totaling 169 yards over the air. Statz caught five of those receptions for 115 yards, including the long touchdown score. Scally led the Tigers’ rushing with 22 yards in 14 carries.
The victory keeps Brownsburg on top of the HCC standings at 3-0, while Fishers falls to 0-3. The Tigers will play Avon, the No. 5-ranked team in 6A, next Friday at the Orioles’ field.
Fishers’ Emmanuel Davis makes an interception for the Tigers during their game with No. 2-ranked Brownsburg Friday at Reynolds Tigers Stadium. Fishers hung with the Bulldogs, eventually falling 27-20. (Kirk Green)